Karnataka on Saturday recorded 1,694 new COVID-19 infections taking the total number of cases to 40,18,250. With this, the day’s Test Positivity Rate (TPR) stood at 6.02% and the weekly TPR touched 6.33%. Of the new cases, 1,105 have been reported from Bengaluru Urban alone.
With one death, the State’s toll touched 40,114. Besides, 42 deaths of patients due to non-COVID-19 reasons have also been recorded.
As many as 1,741 persons were discharged on Saturday taking the total recoveries to 39,66,739. Active cases stood at 11,355 on Saturday.
